How to Disable/Enable Folder Options in Windows 7

To change folder options settings, open Folder Options in Control Panel. Or, to open Folder Options from a folder window, click  Tools, and then click Folder Options.

In My Computer window under Tools (press Alt+T OR F10 to view menu bar) you can select Folder Options,

Folder Options is missing from the Tools menu ...

Press Win+R from keybord then Type gpedit.msc and press ok ..

In the Group Policy window please navigate to  User Configuration 
       -> Administrative Templates 
           -> Windows Components 
               -> Windows Explorer  
and open Removes the Folder Options menu item fromthe Tools menu

-> The Default state is Not Configured and Folder Options is Enable-> To Enable Folder Options select Disable-> To Disable Folder Options select Enable 
-> To finish press ok button and close Group Policy window

Disable/Enable Folder Options From Regedit:          

This method shows you how to Disable/Enable Folder Options from Registry Editor

Please perform the following steps:

Press Win+R from keybord then type regedit and press ok

Please navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and locate NoFolderOptions registrykey

-> Double click on NoFolderOptions and edit the value:

-> To Disable Folder Options:
-> Change the data value with 1
-> To Enable Folder Options:
-> Change the data value with 0

## Now choose the same value for the second registry key and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and locate NoFolderOptions registrykey

-> Double click on NoFolderOptions and edit the value:

-> To Disable Folder Options:
-> Change the data value with 1
-> To Enable Folder Options:
-> Change the data value with 0

To finish press ok button, close Registry Editor window and Restart your computer

Disable/Enable Folder Options From Command Prompt:               

This method shows you how to Disable/Enable Folder Options from Command Prompt

Please perform the following steps: 

Press Win+R from keybord then type cmd and press ok

Please select, right and copy a registry key from below, then right click on command prompt window, select Paste and press Enter
-> To Disable Folder Options:
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

-> To Enable Folder Options:
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fREG add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

To finish please close command prompt window and Restart your computer